1st Edition

Everyday State and Development in Northeast India

By Biswaranjan Tripura Copyright 2025
192 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

192 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

192 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book examines the everyday state from the perspective of the lived experiences of peripheralized Indigenous tribal peoples in contemporary Tripura, Northeast India. Building on discussions in the anthropology of the state and development literature and based on rich ethnography data, this book examines the concrete rural Indigenous people’s experiences of the state and how they negotiate... Read more

1. Introduction: Everyday State and Development; 2. Decolonizing Tribal Studies in India; 3. Dialogical-Historical Approach to Indigenous Peoples Questions in Tripura; 4. Envisaging Tribal Governance: The Case of Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council; 5. The Everyday State in the Para; 6. Politics of Improvement; 7. “We Have Become Microscopic in Our Ancestral Land”: The Negotiation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019; 8. Conclusion: The Many Faces of Everyday State and Development; Index

Biography

Biswaranjan Tripura teaches in Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. He received his PhD in International Development Studies from the Institute of Development Research and Development Policy (IEE), Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. His research interests include anthropology of everyday state, Indigenous education, decolonial studies, with a focus on Northeast India and Tiprasa peoples. He is also the author of Educational Experiences of Indigenous Peoples (2014).